NEW DELHI: There were over 68 lakh malicious hits, both from within India and overseas, on Election Commission (EC)’s online platforms, including the results portal, on counting day for just-concluded assembly polls. However, all such hits were successfully countered with robust cybersecurity protocols, EC officials said on Wednesday. EC further said that the ECINET platform…
Did Dianna Russini’s husband actually demand a DNA test for their sons amid her alleged affair drama with Mike Vrabel? Mike Vrabel and Dianna Russini’s alleged affair rumors have only gone worse in the last few weeks as she had to step down from her successful career.While Mike Vrabel’s life remains unchanged, all focus is…
KOLKATA: Once heavily guarded Kalighat neighbourhood has begun resembling a throughfare and even a theatre for political violence in some pockets as authorities dismantle security paraphernalia like police kiosks from the area where outgoing CM Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool MP Abhishek Banerjee reside, a drawdown described by some residents as unsettling and others as a…
The vehicle with damaged side window through which Adhikari’s PA Chandranath Rath (inset) was shot in Bengal’s North 24 Parganas KOLKATA: Motorcycle-borne assailants fatally shot BJP’s Bengal face Suvendu Adhikari’s personal assistant Chandranath Rath at pointblank range and critically injured another aide, Buddhadeb Bera, inside their car in a Madhyamgram lane, close to Kolkata airport,…
CHENNAI: A resident of Kodungaiyur has moved the Madras high court seeking to register a cheating and money laundering case against CM-elect and founder of TVK actor Vijay for alleged suppression of financial transactions and receipt of unaccounted cash as remuneration. The first bench of Chief Justice Sushrut Arvind Dharmadhikari and Justice G Arul Murugan,…
Stanford University researchers came up with an innovative optical amplifier about the size of a fingertip. This tiny device could change high-speed data communications by cutting down on energy use significantly. Traditional amplifiers tend to be large and consume a lot of power, but this new chip is different. It features a ‘racetrack-shaped’ resonator that…
The home orchard has never been more within reach. Image Credits: Google Gemini Imagine walking outside and picking your own figs, Meyer lemons or peaches. For a growing number of Americans, it’s not a fantasy tied to a farmhouse; it’s just Tuesday in a modest backyard. Dwarf fruit trees have quietly brought home harvests to…
CHENNAI: As Vijay’s TVK has reached out to minor partners in DMK-headed alliance for support to form a govt in Tamil Nadu, VCK is in no hurry to grab TVK’s offer of a Cabinet berth without internal deliberations and Left parties’ advice. Senior VCK functionaries confirmed TVK reiterated its promise of “a share in power…
FILE – Atlanta Braves owner Ted Turner watches his team in action against the St. Louis Cardinals during the first National League Championship game, Oct. 6, 1982, St. Louis. (AP Photo/Rusty Kennedy, File) Ted Turner, the billionaire media executive who transformed professional wrestling by turning WCW into the first true national rival to Vince McMahon’s…
Chandranath Rath and Suvendu Adhikari (Image/Agencies) NEW DELHI: BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari on Thursday described the killing of his close aide Chandranath Rath as ‘heart-wrenching’ and alleged that it was a ‘pre-planned murder’ carried out after days of surveillance. This comes as police continue investigation into the murder in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas district.Speaking…